I am a friend built in the yard after a winter storm. Remove my first four letters, and I am an adult human male. Remove my last three letters, and I am soft frozen rain. What am I?
Snowman
The answer is a snowman, a classic outdoor sculpture created from packed winter snow. Deleting the first four letters leaves 'man', whereas deleting the final three letters leaves 'snow'. Splitting compound words into their individual root components highlights how the clue describes both parts of the whole.
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